Directors & Advisors
AFE’s Directors & Advisors comprise a seasoned group of industry veterans with decades of global expertise in the development, financing, and construction of energy, waste-to-energy, and environmental infrastructure projects.
AFE Chief Executive Officer/Board Chairman
Mr. Maloney is a senior executive with over 27 years of P&L experience
in start-up, mid-sized, and Fortune 500 companies including Asea Brown Boveri,
Edison Mission Energy, Unicom/Commonwealth Edison and Thomson Reuters. He
joined AFE as Chairman and CEO in early 2009. Mr. Maloney has extensive corporate
management and operations experience in the energy, environmental and financial
services sectors, building and transforming businesses across the globe for
more than two decades. Mr. Maloney has developed and/or financed numerous energy related businesses in the United States, Africa and Europe. He holds a BS in Engineering from the University of Illinois.
AFE President/Board Member
Mr. VanKorn is a senior executive with over 15 years of operating P&L experience. He has a proven track record providing the energy, commercial and industrial sectors with access to capital. Specializing in structured vendor finance, Mr. VanKorn has successfully implemented long-term strategic funding programs for both domestic and international OEM’s and their distribution networks, and he currently chairs the board of Alliance Capital. Mr. VanKorn holds a BBA in Finance from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
AFE Executive VP – Corporate Strategy and Development/Board Member
Mr. Hiller, Founder and President of the Hiller Company has joined AFE as a strategic partner and investor. Mr. Hiller will provide land use, acquisition and development services that will assist in the ongoing development of the AFE Apollo Project and other AFE Global opportunities. He is a recognized leader in land acquisition and property development throughout SE Wisconsin and is a City of Milwaukee award winner for new building design innovation. Mr. Hiller has over 22 years of experience analyzing development opportunities and securitized real estate investments throughout the United States and owns properties in Wisconsin and Texas. He has a BS in Economics and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin, an MA from Trinity University, and an MEd from Marquette University.
Finance Executive/Board Member
Mr. McArdle has over 20 years of corporate finance experience in both the public and private sectors, including corporate and strategic planning, organizational development, controllership accounting, treasury and MIS functions. Mr. McArdle is a seasoned professional with broad experience building and leading finance teams and functions. He has a track record of making sustainable improvements in cash flow, business/cost optimization, project planning and controls. Mr. McArdle holds an MBA from Marquette University and BBA from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in Finance.